How to get the device name?

Question

How do we get the users device name from a WinJS app? We need that for our online registration service.

Answer 1

I have no idea what a device name is.  Could you tell me what it means to you?

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Jeff Sanders (MSFT)

Answer 2

The name that I have to enter during the Installation of Windows 8. In old Windows 7 it was called "computer name" I think Windows 8 calls it "Device name" during the Installation.

Answer 3

Device names can change...wouldn't you want something more static like a MAC address?

Answer 4

Well yeah, maybe I could combine a MAC Address with the device name. The question remains: How do I read out those values from WinJS apps?

I need to display the device name somewhere so if it changes I would match the MAC address and know its still the same machine.

Answer 5

You cannot get the MAC address (MAC address is a better but not a permanent id either).  You can get the hostname of the computer by inspecting this return array:

Windows.Networking.Connectivity.NetworkInformation.GetHostNames()

I would recommend  some other scheme if you want some sort of registration.  What are you trying to accomplish with the registration?

-Jeff

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Jeff Sanders (MSFT)

Answer 6

For this purpose you can get ASHWID unique identifier other than MAC address.

More details on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/jj553431.aspx

Thanks,

Sree